Reflection on the Word: Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time – June 13, 2020
The vow of baptism is one we should be reminded of frequently, a reminder of our blessed status as adopted children of God, as prophets of God’s promises in our own right, and as witnesses to the Reign of God who must seek the truth, and speak and live it anew each day.
Reflections on the Word: Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time – June 6, 2020
Persistence in proclaiming the word – the core – the kerygma – of the Gospel message is a theme that is discussed and then demonstrated in today’s readings.
Reflections on the Word: Feast of St. Mark, April 25, 2020
On this Feast of St. Mark, the early Christian whose name is associated with the earliest Gospel of the four Gospels, let us pray that the Holy Spirit which gave him the ability to speak and write the life-giving word of Jesus will well up in us as we seek to live out the beautiful promise of new Easter life during these difficult times.
Reflections on the Word: Saturday in the Easter Octave, April 18, 2020
In the locked rooms of our houses, and of our griefs, Jesus appears, like he did for his first disciples, to remind us that there is a Word of hope to proclaim – especially now.
Reflections on the Word: Holy Saturday, April 11, 2020
It is a difficult time in our faith, but we can still celebrate all that Easter is and means. We can rejoice in the resurrection of Jesus and his victory over death. We can lift up in prayer our frustrations, our difficulties, our sorrows and place them symbolically at the tomb of Jesus today.
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